Meditative Visit to a Mountain Retreat: In Picture and in Words

Xiang Shengmo (Chinese, 1597–1658)

1648

Medium: handscroll; ink on paper
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: Overall: 30.5 x 273 cm (12 x 107 1/2 in.)
Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

About this work

The artist was known for his pine trees, like the grove at the end of the scroll, which shades a gentleman.

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